Byron Katie Introduces The Work
Do you believe everything that you think? What about when you’re complaining? In this episode, Byron Katie teaches us a compassionate self-inquiry technique that invites us to kindly question our thoughts and beliefs. This process can lead us toward greater peace, ease and freedom. Byron Katie is a renowned speaker and author, known for a transformative self-inquiry practice she calls "The Work." In this episode, Katie introduces her teachings, shares profound insights, and guides us through ...
31 Juli 202421min
Softening and Opening, a Meditation with Sean Fargo
What happens when someone tells you to relax? Often, the directive to relax or let go results in further tightening. When we attempt to relax on demand, we just can’t make it happen. Stress can then increase as we wrestle with what we may perceive as failure. Things change when we view letting go as a process versus a goal. In this mindfulness meditation, guided by Sean Fargo, we’re invited to soften our attachment to doing, to soften our need for control. In the process, we experience degree...
8 Maj 202416min
Trauma-Sensitive Meditation Options, with Dr. Willoughby Britton
You may have been told that trauma lives in the body until we’re willing to feel it. Research shows, however, that it is counter-productive to turn toward this pain before we feel resourced, safe and supported. So, how are we to know when to apply the gas in our practice, versus when to hit the brakes? In this episode, we hear from mindfulness and meditation researcher, Dr. Willoughby Britton. She shares helpful advice you can apply today to bring more trauma sensitivity to your practi...
1 Maj 202427min
Sensing Beyond The Body, a Meditation with Sean Fargo
Ancient wisdom traditions recognize the mind not as something limited to the brain, but as an expansive, heart-based awareness that extends throughout the body and beyond. One benefit of mindfulness meditation is that it can help us learn to connect to such awareness, for a profound experience of presence. In this guided meditation, led by Sean Fargo, we are invited to bring an awake and alert energy to the body as a whole. Using this embodied energy, we then sense into the space beyond for a...
24 Apr 202427min
Becoming Your Own Hero, with Brian Johnson and Sean Fargo
Brian Johnson, philosopher, founder and CEO, has spent the better part of the last 20 years studying ancient wisdom and the modern science that supports it. His new book, Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential, partners that wisdom with the practices that help people integrate it into their daily lives. Described as “more wisdom in less time,” Areté is a collection of 451 potentially life changing ideas, presented in easy-to-digest microchapters. The book mirrors Brian’s popular online a...
17 Apr 202421min
Cultivating Courage, A Meditation with Sean Fargo
When we think of courage we often imagine a fierce energy. One that pushes obstacles aside, cuts through barriers and fights battles. But courage can have a gentle energy, too. Sometimes, courage can look and feel like steady, caring presence - especially during mindfulness meditation and the practice of feeling what we feel. In this guided meditation, led by Sean Fargo, we are invited to sense into this moment, just as it is. With courage, we practice staying with our experience, allowing it...
10 Apr 202428min
Hosting Your First Mindfulness Retreat, with Cory Muscara
Mindfulness retreats are a valuable opportunity to step away from routine and apply ourselves to deepening our mindfulness. We may devote a single day or multiple days to retreat, either at home or at a retreat center. Meditation teachers who have completed retreats of their own know full well the benefits of such focused attention on their practice. However, the thought of guiding others through this intimate, intense experience can be intimidating. In this episode, we hear from ...
3 Apr 202416min
Tending To This Changing Moment, A Meditation with Sean Fargo
To tend to something is to show it kindness, gentleness and compassion: to offer it our caring attention. In this guided meditation, led by Sean Fargo, we’re asked to tend to our present experience with kind, loving and spacious awareness. As we witness change in the body with love and care, the offering of space allows this moment to continue unfolding without the added pain of resistance. Listen in a safe, quiet place where you can be relatively free from distraction. Practice...
27 Mars 202413min
